Two games into the 1973 NFL season, some fans of the Miami Dolphins wondered aloud “What happened to our Dolphins?” After Miami lost 12-7 to the Oakland Raiders many questioned the effectiveness of the offense, which, in 1972, had been rated #1 in the NFL.

A month later, those questions had disappeared. Decisive wins over New England (44-23), the Jets (31-3), the Browns (17-9) and the high-scoring Buffalo Bills (27-6) had silenced the critics. Miami had defeated four consecutive opponents, averaging almost 30 points per game in the process.

The Dolphins’ offensive line, coached by Monte Clark, was the key to Miami’s improved offensive performance. Exactly WHO were these guys? And how were they acquired??

Monte Clark was hired by Don Shula not long after Shula came to Miami in 1970. He soon realized that several of his incumbent O-linemen had to be replaced for lack of talent. But tackle Norm Evans wasn’t one of them. Evans was drafted out of TCU by the Houston Oilers in 1965. He saw lots of action, starting most of Houston’s games that year. The Oilers decided that Evans was a marginal lineman. They left him unprotected in the expansion draft of 1966. Miami GM Joe Thomas was only too happy to acquire Evans who, he believed, was one of the better young lineman in the AFL. By 1972, Evans and receiver Howard Twilley were the only remaining Dolphin players from the original 1966 squad. Evans would be a rock solid performer in Miami’s first three Super Bowl teams.

In 1969, Joe Thomas reviewed some films and reports of back-up San Diego lineman Larry Little. He remembered being impressed with Little’s play in college at Bethune Cookman, located in Daytona Beach. GM Joe Thomas offered back-up Miami defensive back Mack Lamb to the Chargers in exchange for Little’s services. San Diego’s Sid Gillman reluctantly accepted the deal. Mack Lamb failed to make the San Diego squad. He never played another game. But Larry Little, one of the greatest pulling guards in NFL history, went on to a Hall of Fame career with the Miami Dolphins! Prior to the 1970 season, Thomas and Clark discussed a young Cleveland player named Jim Langer. Langer switched from linebacker (which he played at South Dakota State) to the offensive line in camp. Cleveland tried to sneak Langer through on waivers, expecting no one would claim this virtual unknown. Sharp-eyed Joe Thomas put in a claim. That summer, Langer won the Dolphins’ starting center job over the veteran Bob De Marco. His amazing career would end with his enshrinement in the Pro Football Hall of Fame in Canton! Score yet ANOTHER HOFer for Thomas!

Bob Kuechenberg, a Notre Dame product, had trials with the Eagles and the Falcons in 1968. Both teams released him. A year later he was playing in a “beer” league for the semi-pro Chicago Owls in the Continental League. The team went bankrupt midway through the season. But the players kept on playing, getting rewarded with beer and pizza instead of paychecks.

In early 1970, Kuechenberg studied the rosters of several NFL teams. He noticed a reserve guard for the Dolphins names Ed Tuck. This was the SAME Ed Tuck Kuechenberg had beaten out of a starting job at Notre Dame. So he tried out with the Dolphins. “Kooch’s” heart almost stopped when coach Monte Clark told him he had been cut. But Clark PROMISED Kuechenberg he’d recall him from waivers if nobody claimed him. Sure enough, EVERY NFL TEAM PASSED ON KUECHENBERG and Clark brought him back to the Dolphins where he was placed on the taxi squad. By the second half of the 1970 season, “Kooch” had replaced Maxie Williams at left guard. He would start for Miami for the next 15 years, play in four Super Bowls, making All-Pro six times, and play in a Miami record 196 games! Kuechenberg has since been nominated (but not elected) to the Pro Football Hall of Fame!

The same day the Browns cut an unknown Jim Langer, the 49ers cut a player they listed as “Solomon” Moore. Monte Clark wondered is this really Wayne Moore, a guy he had trained with in the off season, along with several other guys? Clark, who lived out west before being hired by Miami, still knew several 49er players. One of them told Clark “Solomon” was Wayne Moore’s first name. Clark believed the 6’7″ tackle had a real future in the league. He convinced GM Joe Thomas to claim him off waivers. By 1972, Wayne Moore was seeing plenty of playing time (along with 1969 first round draft pick Doug Crusan). By 1973, Moore was solidly entrenched as Miami’s left tackle.

Norm Evans, Larry Little, Jim Langer, Bob Kuechenberg and Wayne Moore, as a group, had not cost Miami ONE SINGLE DRAFT CHOICE!!! –By the end of 1973, they were, unquestionably, the BEST OFFENSIVE LINE in the National Football League!

The Patriots, Miami’s foe Oct. 28, already knew how good the Dolphins’ offensive line was. In 1972, the Dolphins crushed New England 52-0 and 37-21 on the way to the NFL’s one and only Perfect Season! A month prior to this game, Miami’s O-line led the Dolphins to well over 200 yards rushing against the Patriots on the way to a 44-23 victory in week #3 of the ’73 season. But, since that game, New England’s defense had shown marked improvement. They defeated Baltimore 24-16, lost to the Jets 9-7, before going on the road to defeat the Bears 13-10. The Patriots defense had limited their last three opponents to just 11.7 points per game.

Head coach Don Shula remained supremely confident of Miami’s ability to score points. O-line coach Monte Clark and offensive coordinator Bill McPeak realized the Patriots were a better team than they were in September. But they both believed Miami’s offense would have yet another big day on this nippy (44 degrees) in Foxboro.

New England was sky high for this contest! They knew another loss to Miami would leave them at 2-5 with no hope of making the playoffs in a 14-game regular season schedule. Then, head coach Chuck Fairbanks reminded his defense that Miami had run-up 52, 37 and 44 points in their last three meetings. He asked them “Are you guys tired of getting your asses kicked?”

The New England defense laid a big hit on Bob Griese in the game’s first series, forcing a fumble which the Patriots’ recovered. Pats’ quarterback Jim Plunkett decided to go for broke on the very next play. He spotted Sam (the Bam) Cunningham wide open down the field. Plunkett’s pass was on target. Cunningham caught the ball and roared 34 yards into the end zone and the Patriots had a quick 7-0 lead.

Shula and Griese agreed the best way to quiet the suddenly noisy New England crowd was to respond with a scoring drive. Miami’s offensive line opened up some running lanes for Larry Csonka and Mercury Morris. From the Pats’ 11 yard line, Griese fired a dart to Marlin Briscoe who cradled the touchdown pass, tying the score at 7-7 after one quarter.

New England continued to have offensive success. Sam Cunningham’s six yard touchdown run gave the Pats a 14-7 lead early in the second quarter. Two long drives by the Dolphins’ offense ended, frustratingly, in short Yepremian field goals. When the first half was over, New England still held a 14-13 lead. This improved Patriots’ team was giving Miami all they could handle.

Don Shula urged his players to give him a total team effort in the second half. But even the Don of Miami could not have predicted what was about to take place in the third quarter. Patriots’ punter/place kicker Jeff White had failed to win a spot with Miami during summer camp. Eventually, he ended uo in New England. Shula decided to rush 10 players when White punted early in the third quarter. Lloyd Mumphord got a piece of it, forcing a short punt. Garo’s ensuing 23 yard field goal put Miami ahead 16-14.

Again the Dolphins’ defense stopped the Patriots’ offense cold. White, under a ferocious rush, kicked the next punt STRAIGHT UP IN THE AIR! A backwards bounce left the ball at New England’s three yard line! Mercury Morris’ two yard touchdown run put Miami ahead 23-14 after three quarters.

The Dolphins mounted a long, time consuming, drive in the final stanza. Miami’s outstanding offensive line simply wore down the Patriot’s defense. A crack-back block by Paul Warfield sprang Morris for a nice game. More runs followed as Miami ate up the clock. This methodical 75-yard drive ended when Langer and Little blew open a huge hole allowing Csonka to roar up the middle for an eight yard touchdown rumble! The Dolphins total domination of the second half had turned a 14-13 halftime deficit into a convincing 30-14 victory.

On the day, Miami rushed 45 times for 238 yards and two touchdowns. A smiling Don Shula heaped praise on his offensive line as he awarded the game ball to center Jim Langer, who immediately praised his fellow offensive linemen for a terrific effort!

THANKS for the nice comments, SON! – – And thanks to HERD and MISS GIGI for spicing up these articles with some neat photos. The REAL HERO of this particular saga was Dolphins’ GM Joe Thomas, who pieced together perhaps the greatest offensive line in Miami history without using a single draft pick!!! – – Contrast his success with the abject failures of Jeff Ireland and you have one huge reason why the Dolphins have struggled so mightily and failed to win a single playoff game the last 14 seasons.
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Happily, I believe Dennis “DO” Hickey has turned around Miami’s fortunes with back-to-back solid drafts. We HAVE upgraded our roster, talent wise. But the biggest question remains: do we have a coaching staff that can get the most out of this upgraded group of players? –I HOPE SO!!

“Norm Evans, Larry Little, Jim Langer, Bob Kuechenberg and Wayne Moore, as a group, had not cost Miami ONE SINGLE DRAFT CHOICE!!! –By the end of 1973, they were, unquestionably, the BEST OFFENSIVE LINE in the National Football League!”

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this line brings a salty tear to my pig eyes
The thought of never spending a draft pick on OL and having that OL dominate
…well that is just too much for this piggy to take

Would be nice to have him, but don’t believe Cote on possible best guard in the NFL…….he’d still be on the Eagles if that was true. Like with all FA’s the Q is price. We can afford him, but is he the best plan for the future?

I kind of get the feeling he is viewed as an aging guard that no one wants to pay a lot for

but he wants a lot of $ and if he does not get it he is happy retiring rather than putting his body through the NFL grind

I sort of assume right now teams call his agent, as what he is looking for, his agent gives them a ballpark number and the teams politely don;t make an offer
I’m just speculating
but that sort of thing happens with vets

I just realized I named 16 guys and I’m guessing those are the 16 in front of Tanny…lol

Honestly I think you should throw Tanny in a pile with Kaep, Eli Manning, Dalton, Smith, Flacco, Wilson and Stafford and just blindly pick one
I don;t think any of those guys have really set the league on fire
Some of those guys have super bowl rings –
But I’m a firm believer that its a team game
so I fart on that argument in terms of giving the Qb any weight

Is he just putting a story out there? Do RTs numbers really matter, as long as he doesn’t loose games for us and wins the occasional one when we need him to? What if we get 25 TDs rushing and 27 TDs passing?

I think Flacco and Ryan have proven they can get it done when the game is on the line better than RT has so far. Omar talks about kills by a QB, but a save is just as important. Can you get me that first down to run out the clock?

You can run all the models you want, but at the end of the day they have to play the game. Based on what the cheats have done after winning the SB in 3 out of 4 yrs, 1 SB win, I’d say the yrs when their D wasn’t up to par they didn’t make the SB. This yr I’d say they’ll be hurting in the secondary, and who knows what affect the air pressure does for their turnover ratio.

It is good, however, to see people finally take notice of one Mr Suh. I mean just because the media loves to dump on Miami they at least have to recognize how good Suh is and subsequently how much better he makes us. So for that – good.

The Flying Pig says:
July 22, 2015 at 2:56 pm
I’m not a believe in the Mathis or bust dialogue that is out there

I would like to add Mathis
I don;t think it makes or breaks the season
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Same here. Id also go on to say we cant just drop big money at ever spot. Im no cheapskate and dont overly care because its not my moey, but we do have to manage a salary cap, and certain positioons have to be at value in order to sustain a team. Like i was saying about Miller, we can spend big there, and then spend big at RE with Vernon after already spending big at OC and QB and LT, TE, etc etc. Lucky for us WR’s are cheap right now, and RB’s are, and we have at least one S, CB, and a couple of LB’s on the cheap, but seriously bringing in a top salaried OG instead of developing one, is just limiting ourselves in other areas. If you want to win now and in a couple years be back to where we are, then by all means back the brinks truck up to Mathis’ front door, if you want to sustain your team and have more years of success, then at least try to get him for a decent price, but even better would be develop these youngins.

There were 6 tier 1 QB’s, Rodgers and Brady were consensus 1’s, meaning every person who voted (i think there were like 34 people) voted them as a 1. After those two Manning, Brees were 1’s but some had them as 2’s. Luck was one of the new rank 1’s, and Roethlisberger was the other 1.

I def dont agree that Carson Palmer at this point in his career is better than Tanny, Alex Smith may make fewer mistakes but he’s not a team lean on him Qb as much as i think our team can lean on Tanny. I definately dont see Cam Newton as anything but equally comparable, and Matt Stafford/Eli Manning again…im not sure you can put them much higher than Tanny either, Stafford isnt proven, might have some playoff appearances but with Calvin Johnson,e tc you would think he would have much more success. Eli i have to give credit to, he is a decent QB and he is pretty clutch, but he does stupid shit too, so yeah Tanny isnt on his level yet but he isnt far behind.

STEVECCNV SAYS “I want to hear yeah they’re 6-0 but they haven’t played anybody yet….” – – Well, Steve, just before Super Bowl VII Jimmy the Greek Snyder actually said “Miami’s 16-0 but they haven’t played anybody yet. That’s why MY pick is the Redskins by 3!” To which I responded: “Hey, Jimmy, weren’t YOU the same guy who picked the Colts to beat the Jets by 21 in Super Bowl III?” “The Greek” conveniently over looked the fact that TO GET to Super Bowl VII, the Dolphins had to go into Pittsburgh and beat the Steelers in the AFC Championship Game!!

At least the Mets pitchers can hit! It’s amazing that Mets pitchers are hitting better than the Mets bench. They have got to pick up 2 major league hitters to even consider competing for the division or wild card.

The problem with Duda is that with no one else around him, he was seeing all breaking balls and he he was disciplined in the beginning of the season. Now he flails at everything, and they’re even blowing fastballs by him now. He’s all screwed up.

Mike E, I’ve been watching Duda take pitches he should crush then swing at stuff off the plate for awhile now. I can’t blame that on the lineup around him. Good hitters hit or walk, not strike out or pop out all the time.

I agree Tim. He was a different player in the beginning of the season. He was much more disciplined. Now he’s cluless and lazy up there. I still believe part of the reason he became this way is because in the beginning of the season, he was seeing better pitches, and now it’s obvious to opposing pitchers that no hitter around Duda is likely to hurt them. It’s definitely a cause and effect thing.

Bad batting is contagious. Like you mentioned above, we are not one bat away. There are bat available, but most are in the outfield; we have Granderson and Cuddyear out there with contracts that make sitting them almost imossible. The idea that Ben Zobrist and his .253 average is going to come in here and turn things around, as some experts have suggested, is insane to me.

If Yoenis Cespedes is available, we should be trying to work a deal for him. Add him and a guy like Zobrist or Martin Prado or Gerardo Parra, and that makes a huge difference. Cuddyer needs to go on the DL for a while. He’s hurting.

Cespedes is intriguing. My concern with him is he’s bounced around a lot. He’s having the best year of his career, maybe it can continue. Again though, where do you put him? I’m not that enamoured with Zobrist, other than his versatility in the INF.

Last night my carbon monoxide detector went off, so we called the police non-emergency #, and we went outside until they showed up. First the police came, then the First Aid squad, and then the Fire Department. They brought in meters, and everything was good. I need 2 new CM detectors though. lol

“Just growing up as a kid, I just always loved them, Dan Marino was my favorite player, that whole team back then. Dan, he was my guy. That’s who I watched and it was just wonderful just to watch him be back there in the pocket and just throw those bullets, throw those darts.”

And that’s not someone on this board — it’s our new DT CJ Mosley. Pretty cool.

stangerx says:
July 23, 2015 at 11:31 am (Edit)
A suit with enough BS in it might be enough to get the suspension put on hold for a while though. Who knows……might still be a chance it kicks in for one of the Phins games.

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Stanger

the Brady camp would need a stay from Federal court
And that probably want happen
So the bs in the suit ends up being irrelevant

I don’t think a suspension based on an infraction if the rules of the game, not the off field conduct of a player, is the kind of jog the federal court will get involved it

They are unlikey to sign a stay
And without a stay
Suspension (if appeal upholds decision) will go forward

I think it unlikely too, but it is a possibility. My guess is the way to approach it would be some type of endemic attack on the whole NFL disciplinary structure, which potentially could blow the whole thing up. But I think that’s just there stick.

My guess is after all is said and done is that the deal is it goes to two games and everyone walks away after all the bluster.

Makes sense from all sides on the two. Godell gets the thing to go away while still imposing a penalty, Brady’s lawyers get to say they did something and Brady gets to claim he never did anything but he stood up for his privacy rights by not turning over his cell records (and pretty sure the two games is justified just for that).

Mike E. says:
July 23, 2015 at 11:05 am
Last night my carbon monoxide detector went off, so we called the police non-emergency #, and we went outside until they showed up. First the police came, then the First Aid squad, and then the Fire Department. They brought in meters, and everything was good. I need 2 new CM detectors though. lol
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Pussy…. its just a little carbon monoxide, why ya gotta get everyone in a tizzy over it. Seesh 🙂

Ken what are you saying would be the ground he could take it to federal court on? This seems to private business rule violation, and it doesn’t seem to violate any labor laws or pose any sort of discrimination, so i just don’t see how the feds could latch on.

Hmmm. I was looking it up and i can see how they could hook in via anti-trust laws but again to me its a stretch, but thats also why they pay lawyers as much as they do, to pull those weak connections in to make a strong case for themselves.

What up guys… Anyone planning on attending Pats game , Thursday after the Fest ?? and has anyone ever bought tix through Vivid seats ?? Seems ya have to be ion season ticket wait list to go through ticketmaster for resales… im looking for 4 tix at this point..

Technically still October in Bawston, as it is Thursday night.. 🙂 the Tix exchange through Nfl is telling me ya have to be on season ticket wait list .. Who Knew their games have been sold out since 1994…

Ken
The only time a federal judge has sent back a ruling of the NFL after the NFL made a decision was with Adrian Peterson as far as I know

I mentioned Ray Rice earlier and I was wrong, the arbitrator (who was a former federal judge) reversed Goodells decision to extend rice’s punishment past 2 games

The federal courts will not generally alter an agreement an arbitrator reaches when the arbitration was agreed to under a CBA contract
This concept is not exclusive to the NFL
Anytime there is arbitration pursuant to a CBA this applies

To undo an nfl decision, a federal judge is looking for something like a due process violation. – like punishing a guy twice as in AP ‘s case

It was the initial ruling followed by a second harsher penalty in response to public opinion that doomed the AP punishment

I don’t think the issue is jurisdiction
It’s the general policy not to disturb an arbitrators decision or the CBA process

But some basic ideas like punishing a guy twice might lead to the fed judge dipping into a case

In Rices case, the same rational was used to change Goodells decision – but an arbitrator, not a fed judge, reversed it. So the issue of the fed ct stepping in was not an issue there

I think maybe Brady might be able to raise the fact that the commish was the trial and apple are court as a basis

I think it’s insane that the NFL tries to do that

But it really is very distinct from what happened in AP case
In his case the league ruled to punish ap
Them ruled again when the public demanded harsher penalties
That the arbitrator rejected APs application to be change that ruling

Toba, I listen to the Boomer & Carton show every morning. Esiason is a pretty cool guy. I don’t care what he thinks the AFC East will look like though. People are forgetting they were a 4-12 team. Just because they signed Revis, drafted Williams and traded for Brandon Marshall who’s teams never make the playoffs, now they’re a great team. LOL

Been kinda checking in on some of there team blogs and seeing people who may possibly be 53 man cuts, looking for young guys with potential for us to snag and put on PS or have for depth. Im actually pretty shocked by some of the names im seeing. This is just the NFC South teams.

ATL: Eric Lefeld, Kevin White (the CB from TCU), Joey Mbu…. each of these is being rumored that Atl may cut in the last stages of the thin down, each of these guys were players some on this board had us drafting at some point.

NO: Kaleb Eulls, Ronald Powell Stanley Jean-Baptiste. Powell is a OLB/ILB from UF and was backup to Jenkis in College, he isnt as dynamic a player but he is pretty good and there wasnt a huge dropoff at the position when he took over. Jean-Baptiste is one of theose freakishly tall CB’s who year before last i wouldnt have mindd us drafting in a later round. Eulls was a potential late rounder for us this year i thought until we drafted someone in the 2nd.

CAR: Chaz Alecxih, Rakim Cox, Jason Trusnik… Trusnik back on the cheaps might be nice backup plan. Alecxih and Cox both were decent prospects from last years draft class.

TB: Rannell Hall, Reid Fragel (Fragel rock), Chris Hackett. Hackett was a decent prospect out of TCU from last years draft class, and Hall was one of the UCF guys a lot here wanted us to take a shot on. Reid Fragel should easily be burnt in your mind because M13 was pimping for him hard from draft class before last.

Mike E. says:
It wasn’t the carbon monoxide I was afraid of.
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glad u r ok. Carbon monoxide is the silent killer and I hear of 10-12 deaths a year from it. During hurricane season when we have a hurricane most of the after the hurricane deaths can be attributed to carbon monoxide from power generators.

In that case the NFL was actually arguing the the federal courts had jurisdiction
Not the nfl

The Williams were suspended for “doping”
Then they sued in state court saying the NFL doping rules violates Minnesota drug testing laws
There was an injection and trial date set in state court
And that trial date would have occurred after the suspensions were to begin

Then the NFL tried to move the state can to federal court saying bc the doping policing was the result of the CBA which was the result of federal labor laws
It preempt a state laws

And the federal court denied that application

See what I am saying and what is the difference
The federal court does not want to get involved in CBA disputes generally

Thanks man! You’re right, it’s very scary. When I told my coworker what had happened, she told me a family of 4 were killed in her town less than a year ago, 2 adults, and 2 little children, all killed sitting on the couch watching TV. That’s terrifying, and very sobering. I was stupid to take it lightly. My wife, as usual, was 100% right.

yes Chris is an ass Bills fan, Esiason was on CBS pre game show with Dan for a few years, and was one of the better ones, but he seemed to have nothing good to say about Fins.. saw him on the tube last year with Brandon Marshall and he seems to be getting more arrogant as he goes on.. I believe he was helping Stabby trash the Fins..
he has not yet eclipsed Numbnut Heath Evans..

That little double bladed hatchet is pretty scary lol. I dunno why but i could see someone carrying any of the rest of those and it would creep me out more than that little fucker, i mean that thing looks like it was meant for murder.

I was thinking about it and maybe Brady does actually have grounds. We all know he is guilty of it, there is mountains of circumstantial evidence to point to it, but the Wells report, and that investigatin never returned a definitive. Punishing him for violating rules he was never proven through independent investigation to have violated does kind of start to give legitimacy to him having a federal decision made. I cant remember because i pretty much got tired of following it, but was there ever any definitive, “yes he did it” given, or did it just end with the Wells report and their high level of probability?

I believe it was left at high level of probability that he was aware, or instructed … they were hoping his phone/text would clarify, but he refused to turn it over.. unless he did in the appeal meeting…

Here’s the thing with life on another planet. I read things that say there’s no water or oxygen or it’s too hot or too cold to sustain life. It might be that way for our type of life, but other life forms likely need other things and can withstand whatever heat or cold is there. I just never understood why a scientist would say there can be no life on Mars for example, there is no water, etc. Well maybe whatever life would be there doesn’t need water, maybe it just needs dirt and oxygen is poisonous to them…you never know! 🙂

Yeah they’re going by life as we know it. I also think we have this preconceived view of what aliens look like based on Roswell and science fiction movies etc. They could be the size of bees or smaller but way more advanced. They could be here and we can’t see them.

Yep, that girl was very lucky. From what I’ve read, he put the gun down, she grabbed it an shot kind of blindly over her shoulder and blew his head off. Good for her! She’s probably saved lots of lives.

Mike E, did you hear Boomer & Carton this morning when Jerry Recco was reading an ad for salmon and he said go to (brand) to get your sockeye semen. LOL

I heard it and started laughing. About a minute later Carton says what was that ad you just read, can I see how it was suppose to read because I’m sure you read something wrong. They went on and on and they were all roaring laughing saying so where do you get your protein from etc. LOL

manitobafinfan says:
July 23, 2015 at 2:24 pm
What up guys… Anyone planning on attending Pats game , Thursday after the Fest ?? and has anyone ever bought tix through Vivid seats ?? Seems ya have to be ion season ticket wait list to go through ticketmaster for resales… im looking for 4 tix at this point..
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I may go, as that game is on my birthday. Not sure though because I may attend the fest again this year. I’m also going to week one @ Washington, @ Jets week 12. May be pushing it with the wifey…

Bri:
That’d be kewl .. we are hitting it on the way home from the Fest game.. Extended vacay trip.. unfortunately I am travelling with a Pats fan.. keep me in the loop and maybe we can meet up.. planning on being in area Wednesday to Saturday..

My brother lives in NoVa. He got season tix to the Skins years ago after being on the waitning list for many years. He got them because he is a Giants fan, and could never get tix to the game. He sells most of the games every year, but definitely not the Dolphins game!

LOL — funny thing about the Fest is the experience is first. Don’t want to jinx……but much happier after a loss than without the crew there. Plus I’m already tired as shiot btwn the night before and the early tailgate. 🙂

LMAO I don’t even go to see the team that plays here, although I do still cheer for them until either they suck or it interferes with NFL games.. Grey Cup Game is actually being held here this year 3rd week of NovemBRRRRR.. and the next closest city is Regina which is 6 hours away.. No it does NOT even out .. lol

There was also a female judge who was heavily involved with litigation involving the NFL. The point is if Brady sues the court has the jurisdiction and the ability to make a ruling that the league may not want.

I’ll never forget that JAX game. I was at work, and I was dying to hear what was going on, and I had brought a small handheld radio to listen, but it was a busy Saturday at work. By the time I turned the radio on, it was 38-0, or something like that in the 2nd QTR. I was sure it was mistake, but it was confirmed the nightmare was real.

We need a few people in that lineup that command respect from opposing pitching. d’Arnaud is one guy, maybe the only one. If a we had at least 2 other guys, it would change the pitches that the other guys would see.

Duda is hitting like .141 since May which is the worst avg. over that time in the majors. He needs to end that funk. We need his bat. Then d’Arnaud and maybe this Conforto kid adds a spark to the lineup. he’s suppose to be an excellent contact hitter. That alone could change the dynamic from where it is.

Also a picture of Mylie Cyrus there too in a picture where i keep hoping someone comes by and upper cuts her to the chin so she will bit that disgusting tongue off. Maybe then she will keep it in her damn mouth,

I see u guys talking about Mets. I have a old time neighbor(80’s) who I talk about baseball all the time and he’s been talking about the Mets and how similar this years team is so similar to the Miracle Mets hitting and how they came alive half way through the season. Enjoy the season a miracle could be happening

I wonder how some guys keep their jobs. I was just watching MiamiDolphins.com video of the Vikings game last yr, and the lutz says 6′ 4″ rookie Terence Feed blocks the punt for a safety (to win the game). How can this guy work for the team and not know the players names?

“The NFL believes that it will get a deal done with Brady that includes some suspension as a result of the Patriots quarterback’s role in Deflategate. According to Jason Cole, the league believes that it can “wear Brady down.”

“Those in the league offices understand that as part of an agreement, Brady will very likely want it made clear that he had nothing to do with the deflation of footballs. Instead, the language associated with Goodell’s ruling will have to point out that the punishment is as a result of Brady’s lack of cooperation in the league’s investigation.”
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I’m with Cole on this…….all about faces being saved at this point.

What I remember about the 69 mets is they played the orioles which is my team and all of the New York franchises won the championships in their sports.Football,Baseball, basketball and Hockey I believe.

that’s the same thing I remember. human vacuum cleaner i believe he was called. I remember bobbi modenro stadium in miami well. My grandfather used to take me to a lot of oriels(miami) and yankee Ft Laud)games. Bobby Modenro tore down not there anymore.

The belief from the start has been that Brady feels he has done nothing wrong and is seeking a complete exoneration. However, he has always put the interests of the Patriots ahead of his own. A nasty federal court battle could, in theory, distract the team.